Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son has underscored the need to improve processes, streamline procedures, and capitalise on financial resources to support national development.

VOV.VN - Five HFMD (hand, foot and mouth disease) outbreaks have been reported over the past week in Ba Vi, Nam Tu Liem, Phuc Tho, and Hoai Duc districts, according to the Hanoi Center for Disease Control (CDC).

VOV.VN - On April 14, the BRP Gabriela Silang ship of the Philippine Coast Guard, with 84 officers and crew members led by Captain Eleizer Gonzales Ibarientos, docked at Tien Sa Port to begin a courtesy visit to the central city of Da Nang from April 14 to 17.

VOV.VN - Up to 800 firms will take part in the MICE Expo 2025 in Hanoi on September 26, aiming to explore cooperative opportunities and strategize the development of Vietnam's MICE tourism sector and the broader tourism industry.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese women’s national football team is scheduled to play a friendly match against Germany’s Werder Bremen FC on May 15 at Hang Day Stadium in Hanoi, as part of preparations for the 2026 AFC Women’s Asian Cup qualifiers.

VOV.VN - The visit to Vietnam by General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and President Xi Jinping marks the beginning of China’s top-level diplomatic activities in 2025. It is his first overseas trip of the year, with Vietnam being the first destination.

VOV.VN - “The deep, enduring bond between Vietnam and China, both as comrades and as brothers” is the headline of a recent article in People’s Daily, the mouthpiece of the Communist Party of China (CPC), ahead of Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping’s State visit to Vietnam.

The China-Vietnam community with a shared future is inherited from the two countries’ distinctive revolutionary traditions, based on strong political mutual trust, and rooted in fruitful cooperation, wrote General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and President of China Xi Jinping.

Vietnam and China are two close neighbours, connected by mountains and rivers, and the people of the two countries have shared many similarities in culture and customs, and together cultivated a long-standing traditional friendship that has lasted for thousands of years.

An art programme was held in Berlin, Germany, on April 12 evening by the northern province of Bac Ninh, aiming to introduce and promote ‘Quan ho’ (love duet) singing, recognised by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009.